Welcome to the world of 3D Printing

3D printing or additive manufacturing is any of various processes of making a three – dimensional object from a 3D model or other electronic data source primarily through additive processes in which successive layers of material are laid down under computer control. A 3D printer is a type of industrial robot.

Additive Manufacturing technologies found applications starting in the 1980s in product development, data visualization, rapid prototyping, and specialized manufacturing. Their
expansion into production (job production, mass production, and distributed anufacturing) has been under development in the decades since.

A large number of additive processes are now available. They differ in the way layers are deposited to create parts and in the materials that can be used.